Shade or curtain holder.



T. W. ROBERTSON.

SHADE 0R CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6. I9l5.

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THOMAS W. ROBERTSON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHADE OR CURTAIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Application filed August G, 1915. Serial No. 44,024.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, TiIOMAs IV. ROBERT- sON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, inthe county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shade or Curtain Holders; and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such aswill enable o-thers skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

j My invention relates to a shade or curtain holder, and has for itsprincipal object to provide a device of this character which may beadjusted vertically and horizontally, and which may be easily andquickly removed from its mounting when the shade or curtain is to beremoved.

In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details ofstructure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a shadeor curtain holder comprising my improvements, and illustrating aconstruction adapted for supporting both a shade and curtain. Fig. II isa side view of the same. Fig. III is a plan view of the same the dottedlines illustrating the position of the parts when the shade and curtainare adjusted horizontally. F ig. IV is an elevational view of thesupporting bars indicating the vertical adjustment. Fig. V is a verticalsection of one of the guide members, and parts of the supporting bars.Fig. VI is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. VII is a plan View ofthe same, particularly illustrating a keeper for retaining the movablesupporting bar in proper relation to its coacting parts.

Referring more in detail to the drawings: My improved device comprises awindow frame, including thej amb 2 and xed to the jamb 2 is an upperbracket 3, having a horizontal arm 4 provided with an aperture 5 at itsupper end, and fixed to the j amb beneath the upper bracket is a guidebracket 7 having the horizontal arm 8 lying in the vertical plane of theupper bracket, and provided with a large aperture 9 having a laterallyopening slot 10.

12 designates a guide bar, the lower end of which is projected throughthe aperture 9 in the lower bracket and has a back-turned edge 13 lyingbeneath the arm S to limit the upward movement of the bar, and having atip 14( projected through the aperture 5 in the upper bracket arm t; thesaid tip being provided with an aperture 15 for receiving a cotter pin,or the like, 16, whereby the bar 1-2 is supported from the upper bracketlivhile permitting rotary movement of the I ar. i

Slidably mounted in the aperture 9 of the bracket 8 is a supporting bar1S; the lower end of which depends beneath the bracket 8 and is providedwith a handle member 19 whereby the bar may be actuated; the upper endof the bar 1S having an arm 2O lying along one edge of the bar 12, and ahook 21 at its opposite edge overlying the opposite edge of the said bar12 in order to frictionally grip the bar l2 in a manner presently setforth.

Fixed to the upper end of the bar 18, preferably by riveting the same toa strap 22 thereon, is a curtain rod 23 which may be of suflicientlength to extend across the window opening, and suspended from the outerend of said rod 23 is a bracket 24 having an ear 25 in alinement with anear 2G on the arm 20 in order to properly support a window shade 27 inthe alining ears.

Mounted on the opposite ends of the rod 23, respectively, are hooks 29which project from the rod 23 and are adapted for supporting a freecurtain rod 30. The bars 12 and 1S are adapted for projection throughthe laterally opening slot 10 in the bracket arm 8, and are of suchwidth that they may turn within the aperture 9 in Order to provide forhorizontal adjustment of the curtain and'shade parts; the said barsbeing anchored in the bracket arm S by means of a keeper 31 which ispivotally mounted on a ring member 32 on the bracket 7, so that thekeeper may be lifted to expose the slot 10 or drop to place to cover theslot and confine the said bars.

The keeper member is provided with an inner notch 33 that tits snuglyover the guide bar 12 and with an outwardly spaced notch 34 which isoutset from the bar 18 in order to provide for limited lateral movementof the bar 18 when the parts are to be adjusted vertically.

The arms 20 and hook 21 at the outer end of the bar 18 are spacedslightly from the edge of the guide bar 12 in order to provide forlimited lateral movement of the bar 18 in order to release the bar fromits frictional lock against its base; the said arm and hook beingnormally, yieldingly re tained in their locking position, however, by aspring 85 which is fixed to the lower bracket 7 and engages one edge ofthe bar 18 in order to urge the arm and hook members to their lockingcontact with the base bar; the free end of th-e spring being pro* jectedacross the slot 10 to prevent the escape of the bar 18 through the slot.The free end of the spring is of suiiicient resiliency to yield when thebar 18 is to be withdrawn from the bracket.

In using -the device, presuming the parts to be constructed andassembled as described, a curtain (not sho-wn) may be placed on the rod23, or on a free rod that is supported on the brackets 29, and a shadeis supported on the arms 2O and 24k.

Vith the curtain and shade in place, their weight together with that ofthe rod 23 forces the hook 21 and arm 2O against opposite edges of thebase bar so that the outer free bar is locked in position; the tensionof the spring 35 being added to the weight of the curtain and shadeparts to effect the locking action.

Should it be desired to lower the curtain and shade, the bar 18 is movedlaterally against the tension of the spring 35 to re lieve the lock ofthe arm 20 and hook 21 and the bar lowered until the shade and curtainare in desired position; it being apparent that as soon as the lateralpressure is removed from the bar 18 the weight of the curtain and shadeparts and tension of the spring 35 will throw the arm and hook membersto their locking position, so that the parts are held in adjustedposition. Should it be desired to swing the curtain and shade away fromthe window, as when the window is to be cleaned, the parts are swungabout in their pivotal mounting without effecting the friction lock, andshould it be desired to remove the shade and curtain entirely the keeper31 may be swung up to open the slot 10 and the bar 18 moved out of theslot, so that the arm and hook members may be dis- Copies of this patentmay 'be obtained for engaged from the base bar to move the bar 18 withthe shade and curtain members thereon from the mounting.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising spaced brackets, onehaving an aperture provided with a slot, a base member pivotally mountedin the brackets, an adjustable member slidably mounted in the slottedbracket and adapted for removal through the slot, means on theadjustable member for gripping the base, means on the adjustable memberfor supporting a shade or curtain, a keeper for confining the adjustablemember in the slotted bracket, and a spring on the slotted bracket forurging the adjustable member to locked position.

2. A device of the character described, comprising spaced brackets, abase pivotally mounted in said brackets, an adjustable member slidablymounted in one of the brackets, an arm on said adjustable memberoverlying one edge of the base, a hook on the adjustable member spacedon the arm and overlying the opposite edge of rsaid base, and means onsaid adjustable member and on said arm for supporting a shade andcurtain.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with spacedbrackets, each having an aperture and one having a slot opening from theaperture, a base member revolubly mounted in the bracket aperture, anadjustable member slidably mounted in the slotted bracket and adaptedfor projection through said slot, a keeper pivotally mounted on theslotted bracket and having an inner notch for closely conning the basemember and an outer notch for permitting limited lateral movement of theadjustable member and for confining both members within the bracketaperture, and means on I the adjustable member Jfor supporting a shadeor curtain.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

THOMAS W. ROBERTSON.

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Washington, D. C.

